Associate Director, Health Economics and Market Access – Robotics

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Market Access

Job Sub Function:

Health Economics Outcomes Research

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Associate Director, Health Economics and Market Access – Robotics

About Surgery

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) for the Johnson & Johnson MedTech Robotic and Digital business with a focus on the flexible robotics business. This position is located in Santa Clara, CA and follows a hybrid schedule (three days in the office and two days remotely per week).

Purpose:

The Associate Director, Health Economics & Market Access for Flexible Robotics, reports to the Director HEMA, Robotics and Digital Solutions. This role will work in close collaboration with cross functional partners to build and execute integrated health economic and market access strategies for the MONARCH Platform.

The Associate Director serves as a member and contributor to various cross-functional teams, providing functional expertise and contribute to strategy development, guiding design and implementation of health economics, pricing, and reimbursement research for their respective platforms. Cross functional partners include Research & Development, Global Strategic Marketing, US marketing, Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, Regional HEMA & Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Health Care Compliance and Legal.

You would be responsible for:

• Supporting evidence development and societal advocacy for coding and coverage initiatives.
• Educating and supporting field sales team on reimbursement-related issues, including coverage, coding, and payment.
• Representing the voice of external, non-clinical stakeholders to ensure that market access requirements are understood and built into the product pipeline through the Target Product Profile, evidence generation strategy, and value propositions.
• Managing health economic and outcome research studies (e.g., burden of illness, retrospective database studies, economic models) from concept through publication, training and dissemination (including management of research venders or consultants)
• Partnering with regional HEMA teams to ensure value messages are clearly cascaded and supported by appropriate tools and to identify evidentiary requirements along with potential barriers to access.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS, MPH, PhD, MHA, MBA) in health economics, outcomes research, or healthcare-related field is required.
• A minimum of 5 or more years of experience in the healthcare industry is required.
• Strong technical background in evidence-based medicine, health economics, and US reimbursement with a demonstrated track record of success is required.
• Previous experience working in the Medtech industry and with large capital is preferred.
• Global experience highly desirable
• Strong understanding of HEMA analytical methods, e.g., statistics and economic modelling.
• Strong understanding of the healthcare environment, the external marketplace and market access requirements
• Strong understanding of medical delivery systems, reimbursement, market access conditions and health polic